Thunderbird Jets and Allegiant Stadium | Vegas PBS STEAM Camp

Vegas PBS STEAM Camp | Thunderbird Jets and Allegiant Stadium

SEASON 2: EPISODE 1 | Airdate: 7/9/2021

Explore how the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet flies so fast with the help of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird Team.  Then, engineers from McCarthy Building Companies and Kimley-Horn explain the math involved in building Allegiant Stadium.  

Investigate each topic further through interactive at-home STEAM challenges and book talks with librarians from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.  

Episode Guests

• Major Michael “Thorny” Brewer, Pilot, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
• TSgt Jonathan DiMaggio, Quality Assurance Inspector, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
• TSgt Joshua Metzger, Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight Chief, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
• SSgt Kayla Stennis, Aircrew Flight Equipment NCOIC, , U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
• SSgt Ryan Jackson, Thunderbird 4 Assistant Dedicated Crew Chief, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
• Jody Belsick, Civil Engineer, Kimley-Horn
• Paul Dudzinski, Project Executive, McCarthy Building Companies
• Bailey Ruff, Project Manager, McCarthy Building Companies
• Marisa Eytalis, Librarian, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
• Joanna Goddard, Librarian, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
• Carter, Student
• Royce, Student

Lesson Plans

• Flight -Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Allegiant Stadium - Lesson Plan (PDF)

Resources

• Zoom: Glider Boy
• Flight: Science Trek
• Ready Jet Go!: What is Gravity?
• Cyberchase: In a Land of Giants
• Cyberchase: Island of the Little
• Proportion: Let’s Learn
• Paper Airplane Data Collection Chart

Books Featured

• Airplanes: Soaring! Turning! Diving! by Patricia Hubbell
• Spinning Blimp: Beginning-Level Paper Airplanes by Marie Buckingham
• Needle Nose! Advanced-Level Paper Airplanes by Marie Buckingham
• Space Bomber!Expert-Level Paper Airplanes by Marie Buckingham
• Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
• The Illustrated Atlas of Architecture and Marvelous Monuments by Alexandre Verhille and Sarah Tavernier

If you would like ideas and free resources to help you implement Vegas PBS STEAM Camp in your afterschool or summer program, contact us at:
steamcamp@vegaspbs.org